I trust everyone understands what a blow this is to Watchtower?
Their positioning is betwixt and between. The midnight oil must be burning in the U.S. Legal Department.
UK Rector
all bodies of elders in britain - december 1, 2000 .
maximus quoted this letter in another thread, and of course the letter is real.
but it is a smoking gun, and i have now posted the scan of that part maximus quoted as evidence to the validity of the posting :).
I trust everyone understands what a blow this is to Watchtower?
Their positioning is betwixt and between. The midnight oil must be burning in the U.S. Legal Department.
UK Rector
all bodies of elders in britain - december 1, 2000 .
maximus quoted this letter in another thread, and of course the letter is real.
but it is a smoking gun, and i have now posted the scan of that part maximus quoted as evidence to the validity of the posting :).
This thunderous blast will be heard around the world.
I cannot wait for the repercussions to come.
UK Rector
an interesting scripture reminds us to be careful of those that question every good thing that the f&ds does:.
titus 1:10-16 .
"10 for there are many unruly men, profitless talkers, and deceivers of the mind, especially those men who adhere to the circumcision.
Is this the sweet voice of GodRules/Mario Kempes/humble that I hear again?
Who are you calling detestable, champ?
Take any post and disagree with it SPECIFICALLY!
Quit the smooth insinuations, otherwise YOU stand as detestable and not approved.
U K Rector
im sure you have heard comments like these from naive jws:.
the society never said that armageddon would come in 1975, it was just a few brothers who went over the top.
(so you dont remember the watchtower article why are you looking forward to 1975?
: the naïve apostate, who says that the internet/paedophile issue/problem x is going to bring the Society crashing down in flames.
Which apostate said that? Let's thrash him/her.
Are you someone who was going to write to the media and now won't because you feel you have been adjudged as naive by a new authority on the board?
We ought to be more careful in what we write in such sweeping statements that sway opinion so very easily. Labels stick.
Give me someone with the courage of his/her convictions any day! I do not buy into their tarring us with the label "apostate" anyway. That's a purely artificial term, and I refuse to use it. EVER.
UK Rector
i just had a long conversation with my mother.
she went into her "you know it's the truth" routine.
in a nutshell, i told her that i have found too many discrepancies in the wts.. i told her abbout the 607bce date.
Give you a list?
Not to be cruel, but what have you been doing all this time on the board? Just start going through the threads, cutting and pasting. You'll feel good about doing the work yourself.
It's all here.
Best,
UKR
i post the following at the request of barbara anderson.. .
as a result of the newspaper report calling attention to my actions i feel compelled to provide further information that has come to light and deserves full exposure.. the society is very much aware of my intentions, because of a private e-mail i innocently wrote someone was forwarded to the society without my permission.
you can read it in its entirety, below.
Needs to be set apart, and above
i post the following at the request of barbara anderson.. .
as a result of the newspaper report calling attention to my actions i feel compelled to provide further information that has come to light and deserves full exposure.. the society is very much aware of my intentions, because of a private e-mail i innocently wrote someone was forwarded to the society without my permission.
you can read it in its entirety, below.
: They also told me to "never, ever, ever say the word 'molest' about anyone in the organization!" The elder who talked to me even said that at the Ministerial Training School this topic had been discussed and it was orders from God's organisation.
The word 'orders' carries the meaning of an authoritative command that requires obedience. How many persons have received such orders, to cover up, to look the other way, not to rock the boat, either directly or indirectly by example. Such thought pattern becomes second nature very quickly, and is passed to every new elder.
I think that many people will verify this kind of behavior, learned from a Ministerial Training School yet! At first everyone assumes there must be some exaggeration, because Jehovah's Witnesses are a clean organisation. It is, however, engrained very deeply that the organisation is vulnerable to attack and persecution, and it must always be protected even at the risk of not telling the truth.
This last poster has just mightily underscored your argument, Barbara. Looks like it is going to be downhill all the way with this one, with so many things going that will expose the bad policy and more importantly PROVE the bad behavior.
Mario Moreno, the Watchtower lawyer, lies when he says it is elders who "screw up" and not the Society. They are merely doing what they are trained to do, to protect the organization! What would it look like if some little child claimed that an elder raped her with his fingers? That MUST be covered up; we will take care of the elder and bomb him with scriptures and advice to pray and study and go to meetings. After all, we are in the last days when Satan the Devil takes advantage of human imperfection and weakness, are we not? And who is he after? The glorious ones--the elders. I wish you could hear my sarcasm!
Only Jehovah's crazy Witnesses would understand the psychology of this insanity. If Dateline can tell that story, it will be a program to remember for everyone. I hope it will be put on the Internet in MP3 or some such format.
I thank you, Barbara, and I will myself urge others to write and to do the things you have outlined. This is no longer a pebble dropped into the sea; it is a boulder dropped in a frog pond that will be noticed everywhere.
UK Rector
since dunsscot claims he's leaving this board, and in answer to my specific request for a committment to answer all replies i might give to his latest replies to my previous dissections of his nonsense he said that he would not, i won't be giving a detailed reply to him.. however, dunsscot's posts contain a number of statements that prove how easily the watchtower society fools the jw community by lying to it, either outright or in so many words.. in this post we will examine a fiction that the society has managed to get poor people like dunsscot to believe with respect to c. t. russell, namely, that russell never claimed that he was "the faithful and wise servant" of matthew 24:45. the simple truth is that russell did indeed believe it.
the fact that he did was printed in the watch tower, and the society itself taught it until about 1927.. let's first look at the context of dunsscot's denial of this important bible student teaching.
in the set of exchanges below, the reader can see that dunsscot is attempting to deny that jw leaders claim to be god's exclusive earthy spokesmen.
Duns,
Were you to make the statement to others that the FDS/GB is not a true prophet, or even that it is not a prophet, you could summarily be disfellowshipped for apostasy. Or you could be declared as having disassociated yourself for rejecting the true channel, especially if you did not show up for the grilling session.
Did you know that?
UK Rector
i pulled this out of the "berry case evaluated" thread so my questions would not be overlooked:.
i just want to make sure i fully understand, as stated here as fact, that judah schroeder was never, is or ever will be, in any way, shape or form, a "representative" or "director" for any part of the wtbts; no matter what corporate name you call them.. what has he done and/ or what were his "duties"?.
please, a history of the man, if you will.. in appreciation, skally
This presentation was like many others JWs have made in getting in bed with CESNUR and trying to sway public opinion--yes, that is public relations activity. Europeans seem to have a better understanding of this. The citation below is not even from the media, but someone who writes about Scientology. Note his use of the words "pony show."
: And I reentered the room, and went up to one of the cameramen who was still running his camera, explained what happened, and his camera then zoomed in on: SCIENTOLOGY: WORSE THAN YOU THINK! and the People Against Scientology logo may make it to the evening news in Germany, showing truth crushing a swastika. [I] gave the Aide a copy of my flyers and Art of Deception, telling him simply, 'I was just asked to leave the Press conference, your chairman needs to understand exactly what he has stepped in.
"Scientology listed the following 'AUTHORITIES' for references to back up today's pony show. Dr. David Little, Professor of the Practice in Religion, Ethnicity and International Conflict, Harvard University; Massimo Introvigne, CENSUR, Director Center for Studies on New Religions, Torino ITALY; Dr. Derek Davis, Director JM Dawson Institute of Church State Studies Baylor University; Dr. Jeremy Gunn, former US State Department Religious freedom office; Judah Schroeder, Director International Affairs, Jehovah's Witnesses; Lee Boothby President, Int. Commission on freedom of Conscience Wash DC; Dr. Cole Durham, professor, Law School, Brigham Young University Provo Utah; Dan Fefferman, Exec Dir Int Coalition for Religious Freedom; Dr. James Richardson, professor, Sociology and Judicial Studies, University of Nevada; Dr. J. Gordon Melton Ex Dir American Branch of CENSUR; Khaled Saffuri ED Islamic Institute Wash DC."
SCIENTOLOGY claimed that exaggerated title for Schroeder.
There should be no controversy whatsoever, unless someone believes something "because I saw it on TV" or in a magazine or --
Skally, no one can tell you the story, because there is no story to tell -- and what there is, has already been told and retold on these threads.
UK Rector
interesting accidental circumstances .
have anybody but me been wondering why so many people and new posters pop up from nowhere the last weeks, attacking all and everyone?
i find this interesting; since its obvious the attackers do have a special agenda.
<Minimus:
<Why don't you have the guts to come out and say what you so thinly veil. Now I know why you were once so successful as a Borg hatchetman and promoted up the Borg ladder.
<I have news for you asshole.
I'm not a troll!!
<But I'm also not one of your wimp groupies that kiss your ass because you were once one of the Borg proletariat(sp) who once victimized the rank and file.
<FU!!!
<There are generally two classes of people that are XJWs. Those who "discovered" the Borg, and those who were "discovered" by the Borg. You and your clique were likely "discovered" by the Borg and kicked out for a variety of moral deficient reasons. Your kind show yourself. There's NOTHING Chrstian about you. THAT'S WHY YOU AREN'T A JW!!! "Some" XJWs ARE spawns of Satan, and your group are such.
Comment: This Mad Apostate chap does not prompt me to want to cooperate with him in any way. Nor does anyone else who presents material in this ugly way. Kent, I go for the ball too. I've acquired an immense amount of information to digest but it takes a great deal of effort just to get through the garbage here.
UK Rector